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In ‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,’ last-ditch medical interventions are their own horror story

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s ‘Malibu Rising’ is a fiery mix of celebrity culture and family drama

With a Chinese American Gunslinger, He’s Challenging the Whiteness of Westerns

Edward St. Aubyn Wraps Serious Thoughts About Science in an Entertaining Package

Lois Ehlert, Creator of Boldly Colored Children’s Books, Dies at 86

He Is Senegalese and French, With Nothing to Reconcile

Ashley C. Ford’s Memoir Recalls Life With a Single Mom and a Jailed Dad

How the Religious Right Made Same-Sex Marriage a Gay Rights Crusade

10 Y.A. Books to Add to Your Reading List This Summer

Katherine Johnson of ‘Hidden Figures’ tells her story in her own words

The ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Author Finishes What She Started (and Restarted)

Welcome to the Party of the Century. Leave Your Scruples at the Door.

A Desperate Writer Steals ‘The Plot’

A History of the Book Review Through Its Fonts

There Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly

Was the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Designed to Protect Slavery?

What Contributed to American Culture After World War II? And Other Letters to the Editor

New in Paperback: ‘Love in the Blitz’ and ‘Sunny Days’

Showbiz Books for Summer

The Ultimate Summer Escape: Historical Fiction

New Audiobooks for Your Summer Road Trip

Game On! Great New Sports Books

A Sense of Belonging: New Science Fiction and Fantasy

Mysterious Disappearances, Jewel Heists and Creepy Babysitters

One Summer, 73 Books

Lionel Shriver Warns Readers Not to Meet Their Favorite Authors

Jennifer Weiner understands women. Her new novel, ‘That Summer,’ shows us why.

How Do You Illustrate Anguish? With Rage or Silence?

Joanna Ho Knows the Virtue of Patience. She’s a High School Vice Principal

Eric Carle, writer and illustrator who gave life to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ dies at 91

Eric Carle, Author of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ Dies at 91

‘The Other Black Girl’ is an Immersive, Genre-Bending Debut

A Skillful Narrative of Excavating the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre

The 1923 novel ‘Nordenholt’s Million’ explores issues unnervingly familiar in the Trump-Covid era

Washington Post hardcover bestsellers

In ‘The Atmospherians,’ two friends battle toxic masculinity by starting a cult

Mieko Kawakami’s ‘Heaven’ follows a bullied boy searching for meaning

15 New Books Coming in June

Roxane Gay Starts Publishing Imprint With Grove Atlantic

Charles Larson, pioneering scholar of African literature, dies at 83

One Irish Poet Looks Back Three Centuries to Find Obsession and Inspiration in Another

Clowns are creepy. Let's talk about horror, science-fiction and fantasy books make the most of circus settings.

Juul Wanted to Disrupt Big Tobacco. Instead It Created an Epidemic of Addiction.

‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,’ by Richard Flanagan: An Excerpt

‘Revival Season,’ by Monica West: An Excerpt

From Fatwa to Fabulism: Salman Rushdie Takes Stock of the 21st Century So Far

An Invigorating Novel About Faith, Family and Falling From Grace

New & Noteworthy, From Slave Traders to the Savoy Hotel

Bullied and Shunned, They Found a New Way to See the World

Anita Diamant Continues the Fight for Menstrual Justice